Série E, fifth division, set for discussion at CBF 👇🏽 | OneFootball

The current "entry series" of Brazilian football is D, the Fourth Division.

But the idea defended by many clubs is the creation of another one, the Series E.

This was assured by Rogério Siqueira, the current leader of ASA.

The director of the Alagoan club also revealed that the CBF led by Samir Xaud (highlighted photo) is receptive to the ideas defended by the members of the current last national division.

Including the desire to expand the number of Brazilian Championships.

"We have a meeting at the CBF with President Xaud, at 11 a.m., on the 29th, and we will discuss the evolution of the entry series, which today is Series D, to change the format a bit, trying to include more clubs, and also talk about the creation of Series E. There are two possibilities, both for the increase of clubs, where the 32 best would guarantee participation in the following year, or the creation of a Series E, which was our first proposal", he told ge.

In case of the creation of Series E, the Fourth Division would have only 32 clubs - there are currently 64, with eight groups of eight teams each.

The plan for the near future would be a Series D with the same number of clubs (20) and format of the Third Division.

A Fifth Division could only be a reality by 2027. And it would ideally start with 64 clubs according to Rogério Siqueira.

The possibility of ensuring a larger calendar for traditional clubs is one of the "trumps" to take Series E out of the realm of imagination.

"Today, in this format we have, with 64 clubs, everyone already enters the competition relegated and it happens as it happened this year of clubs like Paraná, among other great clubs in Brazil, being without a calendar. This, for sure, is not what the CBF wants, it's not what the teams deserve and it's not what they need", he highlighted.

There's tradition in Series D-2025

There are several clubs of great relevance that compete in the current edition.

Cases of, for example, Sampaio Corrêa, Santa Cruz, América de Natal, the already mentioned ASA, Portuguesa and Brasil de Pelotas.

ASA, Santa Cruz and Lusa lead their respective groups and are already qualified with two rounds remaining. The Dragon also has a secured spot.

Another 11 teams are guaranteed in the first phase of the knockout: Tuna Luso, Manauara, Altos (PI), Imperatriz (MA), Central (PE), Aparecidense, Ceilândia, Luverdense, Inter de Limeira, Barra (SC) and São José-RS.

Promotion will only be celebrated by the teams that overcome three knockout phases until the semis.

See the classification of all groups here.

And the matches of the 13th round can be checked here.

And Paraná Clube?

Mentioned by the ASA director, the Tricolor da Vila Capanema can only return to have a national division - if there is no change - in 2028.

It was relegated again to the Second Division of Paraná this year and its first goal is to return to the local elite.

Only with such promotion and a good campaign in the 2027 State Championship would Paraná have a place in the Series D of the following year.

It has been three consecutive seasons away from the Fourth Division - the last participation was in 2022.

Fifth place in the 2006 Series A, Paraná made history by competing in the Libertadores the following year. And it went to the round of 16.

It fell to Series B in the same season and was in the elite for the last time in 2018.

The sequence had two consecutive falls (B to C and then to D) between 2020 and 2021.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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